Rajnath to lead Indian delegation at Castros funeral

New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) Home Minister Rajnath Singh will lead an eight-member Indian delegation, comprising representatives of different political parties including the Left, to attend the pre-funeral commemoration of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M Tham

New Delhi, Nov 28 (PTI) Home Minister Rajnath Singh will lead an eight-member Indian delegation, comprising representatives of different political parties including the Left, to attend the pre-funeral commemoration of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro.

The team will leave for Havana tomorrow and is expected to return on Thursday evening, official sources said.

After two days of commemorations in Cubas capital Havana, Castros ashes will go on a four-day island-wide procession starting Wednesday, before being buried in the southeastern city of Santiago de Cuba on December 4.

Castro died on November 25 at the age 90, after defying the United States during a half-century of iron-fisted rule and surviving the eclipse of global communism.

Castro, whose 1959 revolution toppled a dictatorship with the promise of bringing justice and equality to his Caribbean island, was a major 20th century figure. PTI ACB RC

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